DaimlerChrysler Profit Rose 87%
To $1.1 Billion in Fourth Quarter

STUTTGART, Germany -- DaimlerChrysler AG surpassed earnings expectations for the fourth quarter and predicted that profit this year would at least match last year's.

The German auto maker, concluding its first full year of operation since it bought the former Chrysler Corp., reported quarterly net income of $1.1 billion, or $1.14 a diluted share, up 87% from $613 million, or 61 cents a share, a year earlier. Quarterly revenue was $41.7 billion, up 20% from $34.9 billion. Excluding special items, including a change in...